FOR RELEASE: 10:00 am (EDT) June 27, 2005
PHOTO NO.: STScI-PRC05-16 HUBBLE CAPTURES OUTBURST FROM COMET TARGETED BY DEEP IMPACT In a dress rehearsal for the rendezvous between NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft and comet 9P/Tempel 1, the Hubble Space Telescope captured dramatic images of a new jet of dust streaming from the icy comet. The images are a reminder that Tempel 1's icy nucleus, roughly half the size of Manhattan, is dynamic and volatile. Astronomers hope the eruption of dust seen in these observations is a preview of the fireworks that may come July 4, when a probe from the Deep Impact spacecraft will slam into the comet, possibly blasting off material and giving rise to a similar plume of dust and gas. Credit: NASA, ESA, P. Feldman (Johns Hopkins University), and H. Weaver (Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Lab) For the full story, please visit: http://hubblesite.org/news/2005/16 http://www.spacetelescope.org For additional information, contact: Ray Villard, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD (Phone: 410-338-4514; E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Paul Feldman, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, (Phone: 410-516-7339; E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Hal Weaver, Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Lab, Laurel, MD (Phone: 443-778-8078; E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Lars Lindberg Christensen, Hubble European Space Agency Information Centre, Garching, Germany, (Phone: +49-(0)89-3200-6306; Cell: +49-(0)173-3872-621; E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. (AURA), for NASA, under contract with the Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. The Hubble Space Telescope is a project of international cooperation between NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA). ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
